Repairs to founder's home cited

10:52 PM,
Jan. 30, 2013

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, who launched LEAP Academy, has denied any wrongdoing.

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An employee of LEAP Academy University Charter School claims in a lawsuit that he was ordered to make repeated repairs to the home of the school's founder, Gloria Bonilla-Santiago.

Mark Paoli, who was facilities manager at the Camden school for more than a decade, contends Bonilla-Santiago "routinely demanded that he perform work on her home while on LEAP Academy time and using LEAP Academy tools, equipment and supplies."

The suit contends Paoli was demoted after complaining about his alleged treatment to a LEAP administrator. It also asserts that Paoli, who is white, was replaced by a ...